Australian man injured in Bali robbery

Date: January 5 2013

Kate Lamb

AN AUSTRALIAN, Paul Gill, 42, is in a critical condition after being stabbed during an apparent robbery at a Bali villa.

Gill was taken to Bali International Medical Centre after the attack in the early hours of Friday morning. He underwent surgery and is now in a critical but stable condition. ''He was stabbed in the chest and neck and doctors assume the wounds were caused by a knife,'' said Herlia Adisasmita, head of communications at BIMC

''He will have to stay here for two days. We don't know what may happen,'' she said.

It is believed that Mr Gill was holidaying in Bali with his wife and two children and was staying at the secluded Villa Chloe in Kerobokan.

North Kuta police chief Aldi Alfa said Mr Gill was attacked by two people attempting to rob the villa. ''Two burglars overpowered him, he was stabbed and is now being treated at BIMC. It was one against two, if not Mr Gill might have been able to put up a fight,'' the police chief said. Police say nothing was stolen by the attackers.